Lake Victoria Basin Connectivity and Development Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF KENYA

NAME OF PROJECT: LAKE VICTORIA BASIN CONNECTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LVBCDP)

SECTOR: TRANSPORT SECTOR

PROJECT ID NO. P520201 The Government of the Republic of Kenya intends to apply for financing in the amount of USD 1 billion equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lake Victoria Basin Connectivity and Development Project (LVBCDP), to be implemented by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following components: Component A: Improvement of Intermodal Mobility and Accessibility of People, Goods and Digital Connectivity. The activities will include Upgrading of approx. 815km of Selected Road Sections and Installation of approx. 815km Fiber Optic Cable network along the Lake Victoria Basin Transport Corridor in Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Siaya, Busia, Vihiga, Nandi and Uasin Gishu Counties; Component B: Facilitation of Regional Trade and Transport Integration around the Lake Victoria Basin. The activities will include Construction of Rest Stops/Truck Parking facilities, Export Aggregation Hubs, Logistics Support Infrastructure, and One-Stop Border Facilities at Selected locations along the Lake Victoria Basin Transport Corridor; Component C: Improvement of Access to Basic Social Services for Communities living along the Lake Victoria Basin Transport Corridor. The activities will include Construction of Key Selected Social Economic Infrastructure Facilities in Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Siaya, Busia, Vihiga, Nandi and Uasin Gishu Counties; and Component D: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building of Selected Transport and Related Institutions. The activities will include provision of multifaceted support to various MDAs within the Ministry of Roads and Transport.

The works, consulting services, goods and non-consulting services to be procured through open international competitive procurement are expected to include: (i) Works: upgrading of the approx. 815km road sections under design-build contracts, including associated civil works for the fibre optic cable network, and construction of socio-economic infrastructure, port and other marine facilities, logistics and cross-border trade facilities; and (ii) Consulting Services: Feasibility studies, construction supervision of the road sections and associated fiber optic cable civil works, preliminary engineering designs for socio-economic infrastructure, port and other marine facilities, and logistics and cross-border trade facilities. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing – Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services”, revised September 2025 (Seventh Edition) (the “Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, on the World Bank’s external website, on the Kenya National Highways Authority website and in newspapers of wide circulation in Kenya. Initial Selection of Contractors will be required for the design-build of the following road sections; PK1: NB Muhuru Bay - Sori – Nyagwethe (176km); PK2: Nyagwethe - Mbita - Homa Bay (174km); PK3: Awasi - Katito - Otonglo – Asembo (188km); PK4: Asembo - Nyamonye - Port Victoria - NB Mulwanda (177km); PK5: Chavakali - Kapsabet – Eldoret (100km). Interested eligible firms and individuals wishing to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services under the above-mentioned project, or requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:

Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management Kenya National Highways Authority

Postal Address: P.O. Box 49712-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Physical Address: Barabara Plaza, Block C, 2nd Floor, North Wing, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), off Airport South Road, along Mazao Road, Nairobi

Telephone: [contact details removed] / [contact details removed]

Email: procurement@kenha.co.ke

Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management

FOR: DIRECTOR GENERA L